ThinkstockIf something is too good to last, it won’t. That could be the story among the publicly traded companies we are watching in the 3D printing business. Growth began to pick up…
Jon OggThese are some of this Tuesday’s top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen from Wall St. research calls. Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) maintained Hold but price target cut to $420 from…
thinkstockWe have tracked the key short interest changes as of February 28 in the following large cap stocks: General Electric Co. (NYSE: GE), Nokia Corp. (NYSE: NOK), Bank of America Corp. (NYSE:…
Courtesy Research in Motion Ltd.The wait is almost, nearly finally over for the U.S. launch of the latest smartphone from BlackBerry (NASDAQ: BBRY), the touchscreen Z10. AT&T Inc. (NYSE: T) said today…
ThinkstockMost investors are aware of the fact that the stock market can be a cruel and fickle mistress. What is big and cutting edge one day, especially in the technology world, can…
No matter how well the general market does, the advance of the Dow Jones Industrial Average still relies on just 30 stocks. Some have outrun their current values, and drops in those shares…
courtesy of Sony Corp.Sir Howard Stringer, who Sony Corp.’s (NYSE: SNE) board turned to as chief executive in 2005, said he will retire as chairman. He departs as the company he oversaw sits…
Jon OggIt may be the weekend, and the DJIA hit a new high this last week, but there is no such thing as any rest for the wicked. 24/7 Wall St. has…
U.S. equity markets opened higher this morning mostly on the strength of a far-better-than-expected report on U.S. non-farm payrolls and a lower-than-expected unemployment rate of 7.7% (more coverage here). In Europe, German…
Jon OggThese are some of this Friday’s top analyst upgrades, downgrades and initiations seen from Wall St. research calls. Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) reiterated Outperform and $600 price target by Credit Suisse.…
ThinkstockYou have heard of all sorts of bubbles in the financial world. There are instances like the housing bubble, a bond bubble, the dot-com bubble, the tech bubble, the private equity bubble, and…
ThinkstockThe Wall Street Journal reported that S&P 500 companies will return $300 billion to shareholders in 2013 via dividends and share purchases. The figure is a record, which would imply a level…
ThinkstockApple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) first tried to license music for a new streaming service in time for the iPhone 5 launch, but pushback from the industry’s largest music publisher, Sony/ATV, a division…
courtesy of Apple Inc.By one analyst’s count, the Chinese will buy about 30% of all mobile phones shipped in 2013, or 240 million units of a total approaching 840 million worldwide shipments.…
ThinkstockWe have reported at great length how the world of semiconductors has changed drastically in the past five years. A business that was once dominated by personal computers, laptops and servers is…
